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dana, what do we know? >> that's right. we got this word from democratic sources about a half an hour ago. maybe a little bit more. that they consider a major setback to be going on right now. a poison pill, something that the republicans offered last night and democrats rejected today. it's called technically chain cpi, the buzz word for it. what it means for real people and real terms, would be that social security recipients would see smaller checks on a monthly basis and that's why democrats are saying that this is a nonstarter. the president did propose this to the house speakers as part of a larger deal. he even talked about it again this morning on nbc, the president. but democrats are saying that they simply do not see this in this miner, smaller mini deal. they don't want to deal with the entitlement issue at all until a later date when they can deal with it in a broad sense. here's an example of what we heard a half hour ago from the republican leader followed by the democratic leader. >> the consequences of this
dana, what do we know? >> that's right. we got this word from democratic sources about a half an hour ago. maybe a little bit more. that they consider a major setback to be going on right now. a poison pill, something that the republicans offered last night and democrats rejected today. it's called technically chain cpi, the buzz word for it. what it means for real people and real terms, would be that social security recipients would see smaller checks on a monthly basis and that's why...
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dana will be joining us later. thank you. ali? >> don, we have cnn contributor and columnist for newsweek and the daily beast john avalon joining us from new york. john, the remarkably and so dana had a lot of detail as don pointed out. why are we having this discussion with all of this detail with less than 36 hours to go to the deadline? they have had, and you know how many days to work this out? h 516 days since we first learned about the sequester and 12 years since we first learned that the bush era tax cuts would expire. >> yeah. the world's most predictable political crisis and this is a totally self-made problem. congress set this time bomb and now scrambling to diffuse it. it is a dereliction of duty. we were told all year that nothing would get done in the presidential year, because it was contentious, and that the lame duck would be productive and politicians would come together and reason together and think about the national interests, but it has not happened. they can't seem to focus on solving a problem until the li
dana will be joining us later. thank you. ali? >> don, we have cnn contributor and columnist for newsweek and the daily beast john avalon joining us from new york. john, the remarkably and so dana had a lot of detail as don pointed out. why are we having this discussion with all of this detail with less than 36 hours to go to the deadline? they have had, and you know how many days to work this out? h 516 days since we first learned about the sequester and 12 years since we first learned...
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we'll talk to dana later. also house speaker john boehner will hold a press conference live at the top of the hour. >>> across the midwest people are trying to clean up from the first blizzard of the season, blinding snow being blamed for this 30-car pile-up on interstate 35 near ft. dodge, iowa. two people died in this accident. the storm cut power to 20,000 in iowa this morning, a half a foot to a foot of snow has fallen across the midwest. wisconsin has declared a state of emergency and the storm is moving toward ohio, pennsylvania and the northeast and it all comes as holiday travelers begin their journey home for christmas. be careful out there. >>> guns in schools in the wake of the connecticut shooting. more states talk about putting weapons in the classroom. just ahead we'll talk to the superintendent of one school district that already allows its employees to carry guns. [ male announcer ] this december, remember -- you can stay in and share something... or you can get out there and actually share som
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dana bash joins me live from capitol hill. i know that the speaker of the house spoke just last hour about his concerns and thoughts moving forward. are we getting anything other than rhetoric and platitudes? are we finding further movement ahead? >> reporter: we are definitely getting a lot of rhetoric and platitudes. high stakes positioning and tactical positioning right now as we get closer to that deadline. but big picture of what is going on is that the house speaker went into a meeting and announced he was going to move forward to plan b. what is plan b? he feels that the talks he has had with the president have stalled. he is not getting enough of what he wants in terms of spending cuts and too much when it comes to tax revenue. plan b would be to make sure everybody's taxes don't go up. it would be legislation to keep taxes where they are for people making $1 million and less. listen to what he told reporters afterwards. >> at the same time we will continue to talk with the president we are going to also move plan b. i
dana bash joins me live from capitol hill. i know that the speaker of the house spoke just last hour about his concerns and thoughts moving forward. are we getting anything other than rhetoric and platitudes? are we finding further movement ahead? >> reporter: we are definitely getting a lot of rhetoric and platitudes. high stakes positioning and tactical positioning right now as we get closer to that deadline. but big picture of what is going on is that the house speaker went into a...
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six days, dana bash, from washington. thank you. >> reporter: thank you. >>> now to this wild weather causing a headache for holiday travelers. snow and sleet are disrupting things for drivers in indiana right now. the day after christmas usually means a trip to the mall. for a lot of people. checking for sales or exchanges, you know the deal. but for people like the ones you're seeing now, and others in the midwest and south, this is cleanup time. they have got the shovels out. they have got the snow blowers. they have got to clear that ice after tornadoes also like this one touched down last night. look. >> it's right there. >> we got to hurry up and get past. >> yeah, this is one of 30 tornadoes that spun out of the storm system that damaged at least 125 homes and businesses. happened across alabama, other parts of the south overnight. and we have learned now that more than 25 people were injured in mississippi. three people died in texas, oklahoma and arkansas. officials are working to restore power to about 21,000 cu
six days, dana bash, from washington. thank you. >> reporter: thank you. >>> now to this wild weather causing a headache for holiday travelers. snow and sleet are disrupting things for drivers in indiana right now. the day after christmas usually means a trip to the mall. for a lot of people. checking for sales or exchanges, you know the deal. but for people like the ones you're seeing now, and others in the midwest and south, this is cleanup time. they have got the shovels out....
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thanks, dana. "cnn newsroom" with carol costello starts right now. >>> twas the day before christmas, and malls around the country expected to be packed. millions of last-minute shoppers scurrying to stores to finish their shopping list. are you one of them? plus this. >> shame on the nra! ban assault weapons now! >> remember her? she disrupted a live statement by the national rifle association. how did she sneak past that big sign -- how did she sneak that big sign past all that security? we'll ask her live. >>> politicians, dignitaries, and even a musician. cnn tallies your votes for the most intriguing person of the year and counts them down for u and a small kid making a big difference. this little girl wins a trip of a lifetime to paris, and her actions after that get support from the whole community. >> dear santa, i'm gabriela, the one with the tumor. this is my motto, and i think you should use it too. you might have a bad day today, but there's always a bright star to look forward to tomor
thanks, dana. "cnn newsroom" with carol costello starts right now. >>> twas the day before christmas, and malls around the country expected to be packed. millions of last-minute shoppers scurrying to stores to finish their shopping list. are you one of them? plus this. >> shame on the nra! ban assault weapons now! >> remember her? she disrupted a live statement by the national rifle association. how did she sneak past that big sign -- how did she sneak that big...
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i want to go to dana bash joining me on the phone here. dana, huge surprise to a lot of people. what's behind the resignation. >> reporter: a huge stunner. nobody saw it coming. i was told by a source close to demint he didn't accept the job until yesterday telling the staff this morning, called the governor in south carolina who, of course, will have to appoint the successor and told the republican leaders here. but look. the reason why it's such a surprise is because demint really has been over the past few years somebody who takes pride in his job. and the role that any one senator can do, which is to gum up the works and very much, obviously, an inside job. he said he could be better outside than inside an he said he feels better about leaving because he has been able to get a number -- really, half a dozen tea party-like conservatives elected. >> let me jump in, dana. i want to run through them because, you know, when we think senator demint we think of a tea party stronghold within the u.s. senate and helped and also hurt a number of republican candidates. who were they? >
i want to go to dana bash joining me on the phone here. dana, huge surprise to a lot of people. what's behind the resignation. >> reporter: a huge stunner. nobody saw it coming. i was told by a source close to demint he didn't accept the job until yesterday telling the staff this morning, called the governor in south carolina who, of course, will have to appoint the successor and told the republican leaders here. but look. the reason why it's such a surprise is because demint really has...
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but i know that cnn's dana bash knows every ounce of this stuff. what's the story about plan "b" and the vote? tell me about plan "b." is the vote actually scheduled? is there any hope for this thing to pass? and what's the point of it? >> reporter: yes, there's a vote scheduled, probably later this evening, maybe too late for a lot of our tastes around here, but it is going to happen. and at this point, it does look like according to republican leadership aide i spoke with this morning, they are feeling better inside the house of republican leadership about having the votes to pass it. but it has not been easy. the speaker himself was working the floor, twisting arms last night during the last vote. they've been making calls, they've been whipping it as they call it here to try to make sure they do have 218 votes to pass it. what's the point? you know, there are a lot of different political factors in doing this. but the biggest, i'm told by several republican lawmakers who are involved in these discussions, ashleigh, is to get the house on record
but i know that cnn's dana bash knows every ounce of this stuff. what's the story about plan "b" and the vote? tell me about plan "b." is the vote actually scheduled? is there any hope for this thing to pass? and what's the point of it? >> reporter: yes, there's a vote scheduled, probably later this evening, maybe too late for a lot of our tastes around here, but it is going to happen. and at this point, it does look like according to republican leadership aide i spoke...
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then. >> dana bash thank you so much. we'll take a quick break and be back with much more after this. how you doing today? i'm good thanks. how are you? i'm good. [ gordon ] but for others, it's all they can afford. every day nearly nine million older americans don't have enough to eat. anything else? no, not today. join me, aarp, and aarp foundation in the drive to end hunger by visiting drivetoendhunger.org. >>> good morning, thank you so much for being with us. i'm carol costello in atlanta, soledad o'brien is in newtown, connecticut, she joins us live. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, carol. here is the latest today. classes resume for most of the kids in this community, many of them still wrestling with so much heartbreak. all the newtown schools except for sandy hook elementer have school are reopening today. the grief and fears of returning students are going to be a huge concern no doubt, additional counselors and police officers will be at every school. today the grandmother of charlotte bacon says
then. >> dana bash thank you so much. we'll take a quick break and be back with much more after this. how you doing today? i'm good thanks. how are you? i'm good. [ gordon ] but for others, it's all they can afford. every day nearly nine million older americans don't have enough to eat. anything else? no, not today. join me, aarp, and aarp foundation in the drive to end hunger by visiting drivetoendhunger.org. >>> good morning, thank you so much for being with us. i'm carol...
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dana, we want to begin with you. we are hearing there might have been some progress overnight. >> a lot more optimism being expressed from sources in both parties. mitch mcconnell who the prime negotiator on the republican side just moments ago told reporters he spoke to the vice president, who is the prime negotiator now on the democrat side. so not totally all night, but they were up pretty late and early into the morning going back and forth making what again several sources say was significant progress. again, hate to say it, i have seen that movie before. i know you have too in covering similar negotiations like this. this is really, really been a roller coaster with people feeling optimistic and suddenly we hear things hit a snag. as you said, 14 hours to go. there's nothing like a deadline that really pushes congress to do something. >> and dana, one of the sticking points you have been talking about so much here is negotiations over the income level that will actually see a tax hike. the president has stuck t
dana, we want to begin with you. we are hearing there might have been some progress overnight. >> a lot more optimism being expressed from sources in both parties. mitch mcconnell who the prime negotiator on the republican side just moments ago told reporters he spoke to the vice president, who is the prime negotiator now on the democrat side. so not totally all night, but they were up pretty late and early into the morning going back and forth making what again several sources say was...
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joining me now, dana bash. and just to explain to our viewers what plan "b" is, john boehner's plan would what? raise the taxes on millionaires but protect tax cuts for everyone else. >> exactly. in the way the speaker and republican leaders have written it and framed it is to keep tax cuts in place for everybody making up to $1 million, which the speaker says over and over in public and private conversations that means that 99% of americans would have their tax cuts in place. you're right that the big scramble right now is for the speaker to get his own republicans onboard to get those magic 218 votes to pass even plan "b." i was just e-mailing with a republican leadership source who said it's looking better for him to get that. and in part, it's because they've added another vote today, carol, which is on spending cuts, which from the perspective of many republicans, that really is the key, of course, to shrink government by cutting spending. >> okay. so everybody says, oh, these fiscal cliff negotiations, th
joining me now, dana bash. and just to explain to our viewers what plan "b" is, john boehner's plan would what? raise the taxes on millionaires but protect tax cuts for everyone else. >> exactly. in the way the speaker and republican leaders have written it and framed it is to keep tax cuts in place for everybody making up to $1 million, which the speaker says over and over in public and private conversations that means that 99% of americans would have their tax cuts in place....
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dana bash on the hill. a standoff here, republicans essentially saying, look, the president is not being reasonable here, and then you have the white house saying this is magic beans and fairy dust. is this a lot of posturing here? are we really at an impasse? >> yes to both of those questions. there is a lot of post urg, but we do seem to be at an impasse. i want to show our viewers some video that will illustrate just what we're talking about. that is pictures of members of the house of representatives leaving for the week, and now, i don't want tower viewers to get concerned. the calendars on the desk tops are not wrong. it is still wednesday. this did happen at noon on wednesday. it would be nice if all of us could do that, but -- >> yeah, really. >> this is not an accident. republican leaders say that they just simply have nothing to vote on right now on the floor of the house, and, you know, it helps them illustrate the whole message that they're sending out, which is that the ball is in the president
dana bash on the hill. a standoff here, republicans essentially saying, look, the president is not being reasonable here, and then you have the white house saying this is magic beans and fairy dust. is this a lot of posturing here? are we really at an impasse? >> yes to both of those questions. there is a lot of post urg, but we do seem to be at an impasse. i want to show our viewers some video that will illustrate just what we're talking about. that is pictures of members of the house of...
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dana bash is our senior congr s congressional correspondent. have any idea what boxer might say? >> i do. i am told she is going to come out and talk about new ways she will push legislatively for schools to be more security. for example, i am told she will propose building on some preexisting federal programs like what's called the cops program that already gives money to schools to help with security. one of the issues is that we are in very tight budget times and so if she is going to be calling for more money, that might be difficult for her to get now when every single program in the federal budget is on the chopping block. still, this obviously is a very unique and raw situation, so maybe this would be an exception. later today we're going to hear from other democrats also pushing for broader gun control and, carol, just the fact democrats are doing this much more aggressively now is a massive, massive change. we talked about over the past few days, from what we have seen over the past ten years where democrats shied away because they concluded it was bad politics to talk a
dana bash is our senior congr s congressional correspondent. have any idea what boxer might say? >> i do. i am told she is going to come out and talk about new ways she will push legislatively for schools to be more security. for example, i am told she will propose building on some preexisting federal programs like what's called the cops program that already gives money to schools to help with security. one of the issues is that we are in very tight budget times and so if she is going to...
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quickly, dana, 30 seconds, what happens next? >> reporter: boy, your guess is as good as mine. i just saw something for the first time in my e-mail that said merry cliffmas. >> don't let that joke begin. no! okay. >> reporter: if it weren't so sad, we would be laugh, but we're not. >> merry cliffmas. let's have a deal. thanks so much. we'll check back in with you. as we mentioned, we'll continue on with the other stories of the day. also continue following the aftermath of the horrendous shootings in newtown, connecticut. don lemon will join me from newtown after this quick break. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] campbell's green bean casserole. it's amazing what soup can do >>> and i'm brooke baldwin at the cnn world headquarters in atlanta, joined by my colleague there in newtown, still flanked by so many people there in newtown. it is amazing, being there, not only the people from within town walking around and placing the teddy bears and petting the dogs in town to make the kids feel bet, people are coming from counties away. i saw somewhere there from brazil. it is tremendous. >
quickly, dana, 30 seconds, what happens next? >> reporter: boy, your guess is as good as mine. i just saw something for the first time in my e-mail that said merry cliffmas. >> don't let that joke begin. no! okay. >> reporter: if it weren't so sad, we would be laugh, but we're not. >> merry cliffmas. let's have a deal. thanks so much. we'll check back in with you. as we mentioned, we'll continue on with the other stories of the day. also continue following the aftermath...
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dana bash, it is congress. thank you. >>> all right, we know john kerry has been tapped to be the president's next secretary of state. here is something interesting to ponder here. could ben affleck take senator kerry's place? wolf blitzer has some thoughts. he's next. >>> senator john kerry was always on the short list to replace hillary clinton as secretary of state. but after susan rice removed herself from the running, kerry became odds on favorite. now you see the video here, happening not too long ago, official, the president today nominating kerry for one of the highest profile posts really in the world and wolf blitzer, let me bring you in. you were watching this. you were covering it when it was happening live. before we chat let's look at a poll. cnn, we asked americans whether they thought senator kerry would be quote/unquote good for the country or bad for the country. 57% say good. he has support. is this pretty much a done deal here? >> i think it is. i think it is pretty much a done deal. there m
dana bash, it is congress. thank you. >>> all right, we know john kerry has been tapped to be the president's next secretary of state. here is something interesting to ponder here. could ben affleck take senator kerry's place? wolf blitzer has some thoughts. he's next. >>> senator john kerry was always on the short list to replace hillary clinton as secretary of state. but after susan rice removed herself from the running, kerry became odds on favorite. now you see the video...
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cnn's dana bash live on capitol hill with more. why did senator demint decide to step down? >> we're trying to get more information from his aides. maybe find him in the hallways here. it's a bit of a surprise because demint has felt that he's been able to be effective here in congress because he has been kind of a conservative very willing to push his own leadership in ways that often times they don't want to be pushed with regard to deficit reduction, with regard to strict fiscal policy. that's by far his number one issue. i can tell you he's also really angered republican leaders over the past two election cycles by raising millions of dollars, a lot of money, for republican candidates who "establishment" thought were less able to win the general election. he is a purist. he's an anti-tax, anti-government purist. it does seem that he's kind of had it here. he wouldn't be the only one to say that they don't feel they can get enough done from the inside and it's probably better to go to the house. we'll try to get more information on why he's making this decision. not just
cnn's dana bash live on capitol hill with more. why did senator demint decide to step down? >> we're trying to get more information from his aides. maybe find him in the hallways here. it's a bit of a surprise because demint has felt that he's been able to be effective here in congress because he has been kind of a conservative very willing to push his own leadership in ways that often times they don't want to be pushed with regard to deficit reduction, with regard to strict fiscal...
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. >>> you know, dana bash is the -- she's good on capitol hill. good morning and merry christmas. >>> stories we're watching in the newsroom on this christmas day. pope benedict xvi tells people not to up hope even in the world's most troubled reasons. his appeal for peace. >>> and it's not the grinch stealing christmas cheer. it's the weather. blizzard warnings may turn your white christmas into a travel nightmare. and tornados threaten the south. your forecast is coming up. >>> and we're seven days away from going off the fiscal cliff and with washington in a political gridlock we're getting closer and closer. the question, how will it affect you and your paycheck? >>> the images, the words, the names, highlights and low lights of 2012. "newsroom" starts now. >>> good morning to you. i'm carol costello wishing you and yours a merry christmas and we begin with pope benedict xvi using his an i'll christmas message to speak about the hope for peace even in the most difficult times and situations. >> translator: in this world there's a good soil whi
. >>> you know, dana bash is the -- she's good on capitol hill. good morning and merry christmas. >>> stories we're watching in the newsroom on this christmas day. pope benedict xvi tells people not to up hope even in the world's most troubled reasons. his appeal for peace. >>> and it's not the grinch stealing christmas cheer. it's the weather. blizzard warnings may turn your white christmas into a travel nightmare. and tornados threaten the south. your forecast is...